[Assam] The jewel in the Assam politician's cr own -The Statesman

[Chan Mahanta]

WHAT are the CHOICES that the voters get?

When you can have control over that, THEN you can complain. But 
otherwise you are no different from the clueless voters you so talk 
down to!












At 7:40 PM -0600 3/24/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>"If an average candidate's wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, 
>his wife is presented as being in possession of some Rs 27 lakh. " - 
>The Statesman
>And yet, the voting public is extremely happy to re-elect these 
>scoundrels every election cycle.
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>The jewel in the Assam politician's crown
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>Statesman News Service
>GUWAHATI, March 24. - Assam is considered a poor state but its 
>politicians live lavishly - apparently because they are married to 
>wealth.
>These super-rich wives, not required to work for a living, are the 
>stay-at-home type, deigning sometimes to be associated with 
>voluntary organisations. Or, that is the impression which is being 
>sought to be created.
>If their husbands have power, they have money; oodles of it, going by
>affidavits submitted to the Election Commission by the more than 500 
>candidates in the first phase of the forthcoming Assembly polls.
>Mandatory declarations indicate that the combined assets of the 
>candidates' wives would be worth Rs 266 crore.
>The candidates' wealth adds up to a mere Rs 82 crore. And Mr 
>Badarudin Ajmal, perfume mogul who is also the president of the 
>Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), alone accounts for Rs 16 crore 
>of it. The candidates claim to have an average of Rs 3 lakh in cash 
>to fight
>the elections but their wives are said to possess between Rs 6.3 lakh
>and Rs 43 lakh, apart
>from jewellery and other assets. If an average candidate's wealth is 
>calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in 
>possession of some Rs 27 lakh.
>The candidates' ornaments total Rs 3.10 crore in value; their 
>wives', Rs 35 crore. Most candidates have declared that their wives 
>own houses and land in many places.
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